When Liberapay had problems last month, I withdrew the balance to date. I have just set what I withdrew (less the processing fee) to go back into the fund over the next month, at which time I will resume my own regular contribution.

As always, PM me if you need help affording the club selection or want more information about contributing.

I'm Naga. A statistical consultant by training and trade, but more here for general social interaction, especially geeky, sometimes sexy/kinky, and occasionally left-wing political. Oh, and new-dad stuff. Dragonlet is my toddler, Jalan is my wife.

June: we're reading Murderbot! Yay! If you need help getting hold of the novellas, contact @naga

July: I'm taking nominations for the July poll now. I'll open the poll Saturday and close it Tuesday July 9th. I'll include some runners-up from June and at least one selection from https://storybundle.com/fiction if no-one else nominates one. I'm closing the poll quicker this time so that if we choose one from that bundle it'll still be on special offer then.

Like a laborious squirrel, I have been continuing my literary trip around the world, and between July last year and this March, I have visited all the countries starting with B. These are the books I read: http://books.balaena.space/b-countries-finished/

A heads up that a book we've voted on in the past, The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, is a free ebook download at Tor.com until June 5th (along with three other novellas with LGBTQ+ characters). #SFFBookClub

Hey y'all, someone close to me needs a list of free mental health resources in US and Canada to help some people they're working with (trans, BIPOC, and other people heavily affected by pandemic). I've already passed alone TransLifeline. Any other suggestions?

What's a good instance for a queer polyamorous trans anarchist visual artist? I'm trying to lure a friend over to fedi (because, really, what *isn't* a good instance for a queer polyamorous trans anarchist visual artist), and I'll happily have her at my tiny instance, but I want to give her more options than just this one with a couple folks, where the local tl is like 80% me.

Ran D&D last weekend and I made a silly pro wrestling encounter for my players to fill the level 2-3 gap during Dragon Heist. They played against The Flying Goblino Bros. And a Kobold Inventor who summons a Clay Gladiator to fight for him named Mantaro "The Wizard" DuBois.

this may sound like a vague question but, any book recomendation on the wide topic of networked cultures? be it fiction or non-fiction, I don't mind, I just want good material to reflect on. I mean, as if it wasn't obvious even before the coronavirus crisis, understand how human bonds and connections unfold in the context of a digital society is more important than ever #internet#literature#books#sociology#scifi